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What are you reading right now?

sparky95 said:
I'm reading "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov.
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How are you finding this? My Russian Lit instructor was a pupil of Nabokov's. I've thought of trying one of his novels, but haven't decided which yet.
 
I've been reading Seeds of the Heart by Donald Keene.

Donald Keene is probably at present the foremost American critic of Japanese literature and this one of four volumes relating the history of Japanese Literature.
This is the first one and covers the pre-Shogunate periods---before c.1200 and the early shogunates---those before 1600 (the Tokugawa Era).

The reason I'm reading this is to get a little heads or tails knowledge about Japanese methods of telling a tale and recording their understandings and observations. And of course, just what-the-blip they're talkin about.

It is a very rewarding book. Now I'm a little bit initiated into waka and Genji and the Pillow Book and various Japanese themes.

I've only read the first half and will get into the second half when I have the time and maybe after reading the Tale of the incomparable Genji.

It's not so much into ninjas and stuff yet. That might be in the 2nd half.
 
I just finished The Tender Bar by JR Moehringer and now I'm on to The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.
 
Yesterday, I (re)read Dream Boy, by Jim Grimsley. It was beautiful as always.
 
I started a book my brother gave me, it is not my usual read but its interesting. It is "SEX, DRUGS, AND COCOA PUFFS*. Some of it is great, some is just ok. I am also heavily into Yard Dog Press books. Google them, and look at Selina Rosen, and all the bubba series. Fun read they even print one for toilet reading. Buy Buy Buy their books. They are not your usual run of the press bullshit...
 
I have a whole pile of books I've bought and haven't yet had a chance to read:

Sidney Blumenthal's "The Clinton Wars"
Jared Diamond's "Collapse"
Daphne Rose Kingma's "The Future of Love"
Carly Fiorina's "Tough Choices"
Jimmy Carter's "Our Endangered Values"
Bellamy Partridge's "Country Lawyer" (written by a cousin of mine)
Paul Alan Laughlin's "Getting Oriented: What Every Christian Should Know about Eastern Religions, but Probably Doesn't"

and finally ... The Bhagavadgita (given to me by an Indian colleague of mine)
 
Oh -- and I forgot:

Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" -- it's a signed copy given to me by a friend of mine who's a huge Boston liberal.
 
Am now reading the Odessy, an oldie but a goodie
 
Yesterday's books:

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theworldwithout said:
I've been wanting to read that, but been afraid it's no where near up to par with the Lord of the Ring books. Let me know if it's any good!
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I did enjoy the book. It doesn't compare with "The Lord of The Rings" books, but then again it is more a tale, rather than a fully-fledged novel. There isn't the tireless dedication to detail and mood development that marks the LOTR books. That said, the book and the main character is pretty dark, complex, and flawed. He's no happy hobbit, but nonetheless interesting enough to want to take the journey with him.

I would recommend the book if you view it as an opportunity to expand your knowledge about the world Tolkien created; a little like finding out about a very distant ancestor, and the world he/she inhabited.

It's not the first time the tale has been published. It appears in a book which I think is called "Unfinished Tales"....or something like that. I'm not sure how this version differs.
Anyway....if you do read it. Let us know what you think.

cheers
Ray
 
*Sigh* Still plugging away at Vellum. I'm going to spend the next few days trying to finish it. I need something new to read.

Soooo....

I went to the book store and bought about five books :D (Well six really... there was a table of buy two, get the third free ..| )

The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
The Mists of Avalon, by Mrion Zimmer Bradley
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (Took me to see the trailer to finally buy the book... Sheesh #-o )
Gifts, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dawn, by Tim Lebbron
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy, mythology, and vampires books for me please! ROAR! :badgrin:
 
Raybee said:
It's not the first time the tale has been published. It appears in a book which I think is called "Unfinished Tales"....or something like that. I'm not sure how this version differs.
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I don't know a lot about Unfinished Tales (I'm trying to find The Silmarillion first), but Children of Hurin might very well be in it. The current edition includes an end by Christopher Tolkien based on his father's notes.

(according to Wikipedia, the Unfinished Tales version is named Narn i Chîn Húrin)


I am currently re-reading a collection of short stories by Stephen King: Everything's Eventual. More specifically, I'm reading The Little Sisters of Eluria, which fits in the Dark Tower saga.
 
Savannah Breeze by Mary Kat Edwards and it's fun summer read. Just finished Elia Kazan by Richard Schickel which was really first rate. :-)
 
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